The Rest Is Silence
Subtitle: Death as Annihilation in the English Renaissance
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 8, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780520084940
Subjects: Christianity; Cultural studies; Death & dying; Literary studies: general; Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; History and criticism; English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700); Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; England; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Semiotics & Theory; Donne, John; Herbert, George; Kyd, Thomas; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Early modern, 1500-1700; Annihilationism in literature; Death in literature; English literature
First sentence: As a reliable end to mortal suffering, death may sometimes be a "comfort," but not even Browne can confront its inevitability without a hint of vengefulness against its "villanie."